Burroughs Farms of Bennettsville, owned by brothers Gray and Andy Burroughs and their wives, Joy and Mary Alice, was selected as a winner in the America's Farmers Grow Communities contest, sponsored...

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Burroughs Farms of Bennettsville, owned by brothers Gray and Andy Burroughs and their wives, Joy and Mary Alice, was selected as a winner in the America's Farmers Grow Communities contest, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund.

Veronica "Vikki" Harris is quick with a smile, a laugh and a joke, but she's 100 percent serious when it comes to her new job as Marlboro County's veterans affairs officer.

"My main goal is to help make Marlboro County a better place through the assistance of the Veterans Affairs Office," said Harris, who makes her home in Blenheim. "Every day that I come in, if I can help one veteran, then I have accomplished my goal for that day."

Marlboro County residents did not wake up to the blanket of snow that many expected this morning.

Despite a winter weather advisory and numerous predictions of up to two inches of snow for the area, the front that passed through overnight brought mostly rain. And with temperatures hovering at or above the freezing point, ice was not the factor it has been in other winter weather events.

The National Weather Service says the high temperature in Marlboro County may not reach 30 degrees Thursday or Friday, and the overnight low could be a shocking eight degrees, with the wind chill making it feel as low as negative five. That's because of a very cold high pressure system that arrived late Wednesday afternoon/evening.&nbsp;